The first interviews of 2012 and we have three great guests!
Chip Hawkes started his professional music career in 1962 with “The Horizons”. Chip joined “Brian Poole & The Tremeloes” in late 1965 and this format went on for about a year. Brian embarked on a solo career which eventually led to them splitting. Chip & Alan Blakely found the song “Here Comes My Baby” written by Cat Stevens which proved to be their first global hit and first US success. Over the next 6 to 7 years, “The Tremeloes” produced worldwide hits such as “Silence Is Golden”. Many of the hits were penned by Chip. Recently, the demand for him as a solo artist has been huge in Europe as well as the US. He has toured with Gerry Marsden stateside & in the UK, with Brian Poole in the UK & with Dominic Kirwan in the UK and is planning to return to the States to tour as well.
Originally called The Yen, then The Sphynx and later Essence, the band Smokie was formed in 1964 at St. Bede's Grammar School in Heaton, Bradford as The Yen. It was composed of Chris Norman (lead vocals/rhythm guitar/piano), Terry Uttley (bass/vocals), Alan Silson (lead guitar/vocals) and Ron Kelly (drums). 2010 has seen Smokie gain new chart success with an album of brand new material "Take a Minute". Released initially in Denmark in August, it peaked at number two on the Danish album chart. Releases in the remainder of Scandinavia and Germany are taking place during October, with the single "Sally's Song", a continuation of the story of the other character in "Living Next Door to Alice" also being released.
With over 425 major concert events behind them to date the British rock anthology concert production 'Rumours Of Fleetwood Mac' has now performed to over 525,000 Mac fans Worldwide. This show has now established itself across the world as the 'Ultimate Celebration Concert' to Fleetwood Mac and tours with Mick Fleetwood’s golden seal of approval. With their meticulously crafted instrumentals and tight harmonies, bring back to the masses the classic hits of the legendary Fleetwood Mac. With an array of styles and a mixture of musical genres, RUMOURS OF FLEETWOOD MAC have perfected the legacy of blues, rock and pop classics that made Fleetwood Mac the icons of the music industry they are today.
Chip Hawkes
Terry Uttley of Smokie
Rumours of Fleetwood Mac
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